Method and apparatus for verifying digital identity, device and storage medium

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for verifying digital identity, a device and a storage medium, and relate to the technical field of blockchain. An implementation of the method can include: acquiring target login information of a target verifier, in response to a login operation of a target user on the target verifier; sending, based on the target login information, a login request including a target user decentralized identity (DID) of a target user to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifier to acquire a target claim of the target user from an identity hub of the target user and verify the target user DID and the target claim; and logging in to the target verifier using the target user DID, in response to the target user DID and the target claim passing the verification.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.202010037958.3, filed with the China National Intellectual PropertyAdministration (CNIPA) on Jan. 14, 2020, the contents of which areincorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of computertechnology, particularly to the field of blockchain technology, and moreparticularly to a method and apparatus for verifying digital identity, adevice and a storage medium.

BACKGROUND

With the rapid development of Internet applications, computer automaticverification and application login connect offline entities to onlinevirtual identities, and its convenience and importance are becomingincreasingly prominent. At present, digital identity verificationtechnology based on decentralization is in an initial phase ofexploration. The system is not well defined, and there is no client thatcould be used by users to conveniently use and manage digitalidentities. Therefore, there is actually no complete set of digitalidentity verification system for realizing decentralization.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus forverifying digital identity, a device, and a storage medium, which canimplement a complete digital identity verification system.

In a first aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide amethod for verifying digital identity, executed by a decentralizedidentity, DID, wallet. The method includes: acquiring target logininformation of a target verifier, in response to a login operation of atarget user on the target verifier; sending, based on the target logininformation, a login request including a target user DID of a targetuser to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifier to acquirea target claim of the target user from an identity hub of the targetuser and verify the target user DID and the target claim; and logging into the target verifier using the target user DID, in response to thetarget user DID and the target claim passing the verification.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: by adding and defining architectures such as the DIDwallet and the identity hub based on a DID standard formulated by theworld wide web consortium W3C, the working process and access method ofthe entire digital identity verification system is clarified based onthe interaction between the DID wallet, the identity hub and otherexisting structures, and a complete digital identity verification systemis realized, providing the users or enterprises with the DID wallet thatuses and manages DID accounts for, and ensuring an absolute ownershipand control of digital identities.

Alternatively, the acquiring the target login information of the targetverifier, in response to the login operation of the target user on thetarget verifier, includes: acquiring the target login informationincluding at least a target verifier DID in response to the loginoperation of the target user on the target verifier, for acquiring, froma blockchain network, a DID document associated with the target verifierDID based on the target verifier DID.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the blockchain network may store DIDs and theirrelated information, and provide information services for variousparticipants.

Correspondingly, the DID wallet may obtain the DID document associatedwith the target verifier DID through the blockchain network for dataencryption and sharing.

Alternatively, the authorize the target verifier to acquire the targetclaim of the target user from the identity hub of the target user,includes: sending a target site address storing the target claim in theidentity hub to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifier toaccess a target site of the identity hub based on the target siteaddress to acquire the target claim.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the target site address is used to instruct thetarget verifier to acquire the designated verifiable claim from theidentity hub, and then achieve the purpose of authorizing the targetverifier by sending the target site address, and realize the sharing ofthe verifiable claim.

Alternatively, before sending the target site address storing the targetclaim in the identity hub to the target verifier, the method furtherincludes: encrypting the target claim based on a proxy re-encryptionmechanism.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the proxy re-encryption mechanism is used to realizethe sharing of the claim, avoid the leak of the claim and ensure thesafety of the data.

Alternatively, the encrypting the target claim based on the proxyre-encryption mechanism, includes: encrypting the target claim using anadvanced encryption standard, AES, key, to obtain an encrypted targetclaim; encrypting the AES key using a target user public key, to obtaina symmetric key ciphertext; calculating to obtain a re-encryption key,based on a target user private key, and a target verifier public keyacquired from the DID document associated with the target verifier DID;and storing the encrypted target claim, the symmetric key ciphertext,and the re-encryption key into the target site address of the identityhub, to control the identity hub to re-encrypt the symmetric keyciphertext using the re-encryption key to generate and store are-encrypted ciphertext.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the purpose of the proxy re-encryption mechanism isthat the data encrypted based on the target user public key may bedecrypted by a sharing party, i.e., the target verifier, using thetarget verifier private key to acquire the data, ensuring the safesharing of the data.

Alternatively, the target site address is used by the target verifierto: acquire the encrypted target claim and the re-encrypted ciphertextbased on the target site address, and decrypt the re-encryptedciphertext based on a target verifier private key to obtain a symmetricencryption key, and decrypt the encrypted target claim based on thesymmetric encryption key to obtain the target claim.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the target site address is used to instruct thetarget verifier to acquire the designated verifiable claim.Correspondingly, under the protection of the proxy re-encryptionmechanism, the target verifier is required to decrypt the acquiredverifiable claim to ensure the safe sharing of the data.

Alternatively, before the acquiring the target login information of thetarget verifier, in response to the login operation of the target useron the target verifier, the method further includes: searching for atarget issuer that issues a claim, based on service information ofissuers in a claim issuer registry; sending a claim application requestto the target issuer, to control the target issuer to generate thetarget claim of the target user; and obtaining the target claim issuedby the target issuer responding to the claim application request.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: based on business requirements, the user may applyto the corresponding issuer through the DID wallet to acquire theverifiable claim, so that the user may log in to the verifier throughthe verifiable claim.

Alternatively, the obtaining the target claim issued by the targetissuer responding to the claim application request, includes: receivinga target site address fed back by the target issuer responding to theclaim application request; wherein, the target site address is locatedin the identity hub of the target user for storing a target claim proxyre-encrypted by the target issuer; accessing, based on the target siteaddress, a target site in the identity hub to obtain the proxyre-encrypted target claim; and decrypting the proxy re-encrypted targetclaim using a target user private key to obtain the target claim.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: since the issuance of the verifiable claim is also adata sharing process, when issuing, the issuer may also use the proxyre-encryption technology to share the issued verifiable claim with theDID wallet.

Alternatively, before the accessing, based on the target site address,the target site in the identity hub to obtain the proxy re-encryptedtarget claim, the method further includes: sending the target user DIDto the identity hub, for the identity hub to: acquire a DID documentassociated with the target user DID from a blockchain network, andverify a user signature of the target user using a target user publickey in the DID document, to verify whether the target user is a holderof the target user DID.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: During interaction between participants, any one ofthe participants may verify the DID digital identity of the other partybased on the digital identity and related information stored in theblockchain network, based on the known DID of the other party, toconfirm that the other party is the true holder of the DID known, toavoid theft or forgery of digital identities by the interacting party,and to ensure the security of the interaction.

Alternatively, after the obtaining the target claim issued by the targetissuer responding to the claim application request, the method includes:acquiring a revocation list address from the target claim; accessing therevocation list address and obtaining a revocation list, from a personalrevocation service site of the issuer that issues the target claim; andquerying a revocation status of the target claim based on the revocationlist.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the issuer may also revoke an issued verifiableclaim. Accordingly, other participants may query the revocation statusof the verifiable claim based on the revocation list address recorded inthe verifiable claim to avoid using invalid verifiable claim.

Alternatively, before the acquiring the target login information of thetarget verifier, in response to the login operation of the target useron the target verifier, the method further includes: creating the targetuser DID and at least one public and private key pair for the targetuser, in response to a DID creation request of the target user.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the DID wallet provides the user with a DID creationservice to provide the user with a globally unique digital identity.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide amethod for verifying digital identity, executed by a verifier. Themethod includes: in response to a login request including a target userdecentralized identity, DID, of a target user sent by a target DIDwallet, acquiring a target claim of the target user from an identity hubof the target user; verifying the target user DID and the target claim;and determining that the target user successfully logs in using thetarget user DID, in response to the target user DID and the target claimpassing the verification.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: by adding and defining architectures such as the DIDwallet and the identity hub to a DID standard formulated by W3C, theworking process and access method of the entire digital identityverification system is clarified based on the interaction between theDID wallet, the identity hub and other existing structures, and acomplete digital identity verification system is realized, so that theverifier allows the user to log in using DID with the verification ofthe DID and the verifiable claim.

Alternatively, the acquiring the target claim of the target user fromthe identity hub of the target user, includes: acquiring a target siteaddress storing the target claim, based on an authorization result ofthe target DID wallet for the verifier; and accessing a target site ofthe identity hub based on the target site address to obtain the targetclaim.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the target site address is used to instruct thetarget verifier to acquire the designated verifiable claim, and thenwhen the verifier receives the target site address, it is authorized bythe DID wallet to realize the sharing of the verifiable claim.

Alternatively, the accessing the target site of the identity hub basedon the target site address to obtain the target claim, includes:accessing the target site of the identity hub based on the target siteaddress, to obtain an encrypted target claim and a re-encryptedciphertext; wherein the encrypted target claim and the re-encryptedciphertext are encrypted and generated based on a proxy re-encryptionmechanism; decrypting the re-encrypted ciphertext using a verifierprivate key, to obtain a symmetric encryption key; and decrypting theencrypted target claim using the symmetric encryption key, to obtain thetarget claim.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the proxy re-encryption mechanism is used to realizethe sharing of the verifiable claim, avoid the leak of the verifiableclaim and ensure the security of the data.

Alternatively, the verifying the target user DID and the target claim,includes: verifying whether the target user is a holder of the targetuser DID, according to a user signature of the target user; and inresponse to verifying that the target user is the holder of the targetuser DID, verifying the target claim based on at least one of: an issuerissuing the target claim, a claim type, a validity period, or arevocation status of the target claim.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: during interaction between participants, any one ofthe participants may verify the DID digital identity of the other partybased on the known DID of the other party, to confirm that the otherparty is the true holder of the DID known, to avoid theft or forgery ofdigital identities by the interacting party, and to ensure the safety ofthe interaction. Therefore, the verifier may determine whether the userhas a login authority by verifying the verifiable claim on the premisethat the DID is verified.

Alternatively, the verifying whether the target user is the holder ofthe target user DID, according to the user signature of the target user,includes: acquiring a DID document associated with the target user DIDfrom a blockchain network, based on the target user DID; and verifyingthe user signature of the target user, based on a target user public keyin the DID document associated with the target user DID, to verifywhether the target user is the holder of the target user DID.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: for a login verifier that requires verifiable claimverification, the verifiable claim verification may be used to verifywhether the user has authority to login, to ensure the safety of userlogin and the safety of the verifier.

In the third aspect, some embodiments of the present disclosure providean apparatus for verifying digital identity, configured in adecentralized identity, DID, wallet. The apparatus includes: a logininformation acquisition module, configured to acquire target logininformation of a target verifier, in response to a login operation of atarget user on the target verifier; a claim authorization module,configured to send, based on the target login information, a loginrequest including a target user DID to the target verifier, to authorizethe target verifier to obtain a target claim of the target user from anidentity hub of the target user and verify the target user DID and thetarget claim; and a verifier login module, configured to log in to thetarget verifier using the target user DID, in response to the targetuser DID and the target claim passing the verification.

In a fifth aspect, some embodiment of the present disclosure provide anelectronic device. The electronic device includes: at least oneprocessor; and a memory, communicatively connected to the at least oneprocessor; where, the memory, storing instructions executable by the atleast one processor, the instructions, when executed by the at least oneprocessor, cause the at least one processor to perform the method forverifying digital identity according to the first aspect, or to performthe method for verifying digital identity according to the secondaspect.

In a sixth aspect, some embodiments of the present disclose provide anon-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing computerinstructions, the computer instructions, being used to cause thecomputer to perform the method for verifying digital identity accordingto the first aspect, or to perform the method for verifying digitalidentity according to the second aspect.

An embodiment in the above disclosure has the following advantages orbeneficial effects: the user may operate the DID wallet to acquire thetarget login information of the target verifier, and then the user maysend a login request to the target verifier through the DID wallet byusing a target user DID account, to authorize the target verifier toacquire the target claim of the target user from the identity hub of thetarget user, thus, based on the verification on the target user DID andthe target claim by the target verifier, the target user DID is used tolog in to the target verifier. Embodiments of the present disclosure, byadding and defining architectures such as the DID wallet and theidentity hub to a DID standard formulated by W3C, the working processand access method of the entire digital identity verification system isclarified based on the interaction between the DID wallet, the identityhub and other existing structures, and a complete digital identityverification system is realized, providing users or enterprises with theDID wallet that uses and manages DID accounts, and ensuring an absoluteownership and control of digital identities.

Other effects of the above alternative methods will be described belowin conjunction with specific embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are used to better understand the presentsolution and do not constitute a limitation to the present disclosure,in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a digital identityverification system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to a first embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of logging in to a verifier by using DID accordingto the first embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is an example diagram of authorizing a verifier to acquire aclaim according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to a second embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is an example diagram of a verifier acquiring a claim accordingto the second embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of logging in to a verifier by using DID and claimaccording to the second embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of applying for a claim according to a thirdembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of applying for a claim according to thethird embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of issuing a claim according to the thirdembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of revoking a claim according to thethird embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to a fourth embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of verifying a claim according to thefifth embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for verifyingdigital identity according to a sixth embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for verifyingdigital identity according to a seventh embodiment of the presentdisclosure; and

FIG. 17 is a block diagram of an electronic device used to implement themethod for verifying digital identity according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following describes exemplary embodiments of the present disclosurewith reference to the accompanying drawings, which include variousdetails of embodiments of the present disclosure to facilitateunderstanding, and should be regarded as merely exemplary. Therefore,those of ordinary skill in the art should realize that various changesand modifications may be made to the embodiments described hereinwithout departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure.Likewise, for clarity and conciseness, descriptions of well-knownfunctions and structures are omitted in the following description.

In order to clearly describe the technical solution of embodiments ofthe present disclosure, an architecture diagram of a digital identityverification system is first introduced. FIG. 1 is an architectureschematic diagram of a digital identity verification system provided byan embodiment of the present disclosure. Based on a DID (DecentralizedIdentity) standard formulated by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), thesystem adds and defines architectures such as a DID wallet and anidentity hub, and regulates interaction processes between thearchitectures to realize the management, verification and use ondecentralized digital identity, etc. DID may be used to identify theidentity of an individual, the identity of an organization, or even theidentity of an item.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system includes a claim issuer registry 110, anissuer 120, a DID holder 130, a verifier 140 and a DID subsystem 150,etc. Each of the participants has a DID account, as the participant'sglobally unique digital identity.

The claim issuer registry 110 is used to uniformly release serviceinformation of the public and known issuer 120 to the public, so as tofacilitate a user to apply for a verifiable credential claim (referredto as claim in the present disclosure for short).

The issuer 120 may register with the claim issuer registry 110 inadvance, to configure the service information thereof in the claimissuer registry 110 for release. The service information may includeservice site information, applicable claim type, and informationrequired from an applicant, etc. The issuer 120 may particularly includea claim issuer service 121 and a claim revocation service 122. The claimissuer service 121 is used for issue a claim. For example, a bank, as anissuer, may use the DID account of the bank to issue an assetcertificate for customers of the bank. The claim revocation service 122is used to revoke a claim issued by the issuer 120. The issuer alsoincludes a personal revocation service endpoint, which is used to storea claim revocation list.

The DID holder 130 includes a DID wallet 131 and an identity hub 132.The DID wallet 131 may be any form of application, such as a smallprogram. Through the DID wallet 131, a user may create a DID, update aDID document, use the DID to apply to the issuer 120 for a claim, anduse the DID to log in to the verifier 140. The DID may be used as a keydomain and the DID document may be used as a value domain, which arestored in a blockchain network as a key-value pair. The DID document isused to store detailed data associated with a DID account, such as keyinformation and site access information. The identity hub 132 refers toa user data warehouse that is controllable by the user, allowing to beindependently deployed and used by the user, and is used to functions ofhosting user data and authorizing accessing.

The verifier 140 refers to a third-party application, website,organization, or device that can be logged in by using DID, or DID andclaim. The verifier 140 is for verifying whether the DID holder 130 ownsthe DID based on the challenge-response mechanism, requesting requiredclaim from the DID holder 130, and performing digital identityverification on the obtained claim.

The DID subsystem 150 provides DID on-chain and DID resolver services.Particularly, after a user creates a DID by using the DID wallet 131,the user only has an offline DID at this time. To make the DID trulyeffective, the DID-related information, served as the DID document,needs to be put on-chain. DID resolve, that is, the DID subsystem 150provides the function of resolving the DID document from the DID. Duringa user logs in on the verifier 140, the verifier 140 needs to confirmwhether the user is the holder of the DID through challenge-responsemechanism, and the core of challenge-response is that the verifier 140constructs a challenge based on a public key in the DID document to makethe user respond. Therefore, the verifier 140 may obtain the DIDdocument through DID resolve.

Correspondingly, the system includes a blockchain network for storingdigital identities and related information, and a blockchain Layer 2(L2) node (DID germ) is used to package a DID operation into atransaction on-chain, thereby increasing TPS (Transactions Per Second)of Layer 1 (L1) of the blockchain. Correspondingly, the issuer 120, theDID holder 130, and the verifier 140 may use the digital identities andother related information as transaction data, and put the data onto theblockchain network for storage through the DID subsystem 150, realizingthe addition, deletion, modification, and checking of the digitalidentities and other related information. The DID subsystem 150 may alsoacquire the digital identities and other related information from theblockchain network for digital identity verification. Alternatively, theissuer 120, the DID holder 130, and the verifier 140 may also serve asblockchain nodes or lightweight nodes, to directly send requests to theblockchain, and receive the transaction data fed back by the blockchainnetwork. In addition, the system may also include a DIF universalresolver for resolving all DIDs.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, following the DID standardformulated by W3C, the format of DID is defined as follows:

did:ccp:<DID String>.

Here, ccp represents the DID specification proposed in the presentembodiment. The present embodiment does not limit the proposed DIDspecification, and any DID specification proposed based on the frameworkof the digital identity verification system in the present embodimentmay be applied to the present embodiment. DID String is a globallyunique identifier of digital identity. The present embodiment proposesan algorithm for calculating DID String, that is, using the DID documentas input, and DID String is generated using the following algorithm:

<DID String>=base58(ripemd160(sha256(<Base DID Document>))). Here,base58( ), ripemd160( ), sha256( ) are encryption functions.

Correspondingly, the digital identity related information may be definedin the DID document as needed. For example, the digital identity relatedinformation may include public key list information, main public keyinformation, backup public key information, designated public keyinformation used for verifying DID, restored public key list, and/orsite information that can use the DID.

First Embodiment

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. The presentembodiment is applicable to the scenario where the interaction with averifier is through a DID wallet, based on the verification on DID andclaim, the user logs in to the verifier using the DID. The method may beexecuted by the DID wallet and may be performed by an apparatus forverifying digital identity. The apparatus is implemented in softwareand/or hardware, and is preferably configured in an electronic device,such as a terminal device of a DID holder to which the DID walletbelongs. As shown in FIG. 2, the method specifically includes thefollowing:

S210, acquiring target login information of a target verifier, inresponse to a login operation of a target user on the target verifier.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the target user refers to auser who uses the DID wallet, which may be an individual user or anenterprise user. If the target user owns a DID account, the user maydirectly use the DID wallet to manage and use the DID and relatedinformation thereof. The addition, deletion, modification, and checkingof the DID and related information thereof may also be synchronized tothe blockchain network. If the target user does not currently owns a DIDaccount, the user may create a DID account for himself through the DIDwallet. Correspondingly, in response to a DID creation request of thetarget user, the DID wallet creates a target user DID and at least onepair of public and private key for the target user. A plurality of pairsof public and private key may be master and backup for each other, andthe usage method of the plurality of pairs of public and private key maybe recorded in a DID document associated with the created DID account.

In the present embodiment, the target verifier refers to a platform thatthe target user is to log in using the DID, such as a third-partyapplication, website, institution, or device. The DID wallet may log into the target verifier based on a variety of methods, such as an accountand password login mode or scanning a quick response (QR) code.

In the present embodiment, the target login information refers toinformation required to log in to the target verifier, which may includelogin address loginUrl of the target verifier, unique identifier loginIDused to identify a login behavior of the target user, a target verifierDID, required claim type and other information.

Particularly, the target user may perform the login operation on the DIDwallet based on a login mode of the target verifier, and acquire thetarget login information of the target verifier accordingly.Furthermore, based on the target verifier DID in the target logininformation, the DID document associated with the target verifier DIDmay be obtained from the blockchain network, so as to acquire a targetverifier public key from the DID document for encryption and use duringdata sharing.

For example, the target user may operate on a local page or page ofother devices to select a target verifier to log in, and choose to useDID login/verification mode, to display a QR code for logging in to thetarget verifier on the page. The target user uses the DID wallet to scanthe QR code and confirm the login on the DID wallet. Correspondingly,the DID wallet may obtain the target login information carried on the QRcode by scanning the QR code.

S220, sending, based on the target login information, a login requestincluding a target user DID to the target verifier, to authorize thetarget verifier to acquire a target claim of the target user from anidentity hub of the target user and verify the target user DID and thetarget claim.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the login request is used totrigger the target verifier to perform digital identity verification onthe target user who is to log in. The login request may includeinformation such as the target user DID, loginID, and user signature.Correspondingly, the target verifier may associate a series of loginbehaviors of the target user based on the loginID, and may also acquirea DID document associated with the target user DID from the blockchainnetwork based on the target user DID to obtain a target user public keyfrom the DID document, and verify the user signature using the targetuser public key, to verify whether the target user is the true holder ofthe target user DID, and prevent digital identities from being leaked orforged.

In the present embodiment, for the login mode that only uses DID to login to the verifier, the flow is as shown in FIG. 3. The DID walletobtains the login information by scanning the QR code of the targetverifier and sends the login request to the target verifier. Afterreceiving the login request and verifying the DID, the target verifiermay first randomly generate a Nonce (Number Once, a random number value)and save the same, use the target user public key to encrypt the Nonceto obtain a cipherText and feed back the ciphertext to the DID wallet.Correspondingly, the DID wallet uses a target user private key PrivKeyto decrypt the ciphertext, to obtain a plainText and feed back theplaintext to the target verifier. Therefore, the target verifierverifies a challenge-response result, determines the Nonce and theplaintext associated with the Nonce based on the loninID, and comparesthe Nonce with the plaintext. If the compare result is detected asconsistent, then the target verifier polls to know that the challenge issuccessful, and that the target user successfully logs in is determined.

In the present embodiment, for the login mode that uses DID and claim tolog in to the verifier, since the target claim of the target user isstored in its own identity hub, therefore, the DID wallet needs toauthorize the target verifier to obtain the target claim of the targetuser from the identity hub of the target user after sending the loginrequest to the target verifier, to verify the target claim.

Particularly, FIG. 4 is an example diagram of authorizing a verifier toacquire a claim. As shown in FIG. 4, after receiving the login request,the target verifier sends a claim acquisition request to the DID wallet.If the DID wallet saves the claim locally, the claim may be directlyreturned to the target verifier. If the DID wallet does not save theclaim locally, the DID wallet may acquire a target site address storingthe target claim in the identity hub, and send the target site addressstoring the target claim in the identity hub to the target verifier, toinstruct the target verifier to acquire the designated target claimwithout infringing the safety of other data information.Correspondingly, after obtaining the authorization from the DID wallet,the target verifier may access a target site of the identity hub basedon the target site address, and obtain the target claim from the targetsite and verify the target claim. For example, verifying whether thetarget claim is issued by a trusted issuer, verifying whether the targetclaim is required for logining the target verifier, and verifying arevocation status of the target claim. The process details will bedescribed in subsequent embodiments.

In order to achieve safe sharing of the target claim, the DID wallet mayencrypt the target claim based on a proxy re-encryption mechanism beforesending the target site address storing the target claim in the identityhub to the target verifier. Particularly, the DID wallet uses an AES(advanced encryption standard) key to encrypt the target claim to obtaina encrypted target claim, uses the target user public key to encrypt theAES key to obtain a symmetric key ciphertext, calculates to obtain are-encryption key based on the target user private key and the targetverifier public key acquired from the DID document associated with thetarget verifier DID. The encrypted target claim, the symmetric keyciphertext, and the re-encryption key are stored in the target siteaddress of the identity hub. Furthermore, the identity hub uses there-encryption key to re-encrypt the symmetric key ciphertext, togenerate a re-encrypted ciphertext and store the same. Correspondingly,under the authorization of the target site address, the target verifieracquires the encrypted target claim and the re-encrypted ciphertextbased on the target site address, and decrypts the re-encryptedciphertext based on a target verifier private key to obtain a symmetricencryption key. The encrypted target claim is decrypted based on thesymmetric encryption key to obtain the target claim.

In the present embodiment, for a user who does not own a claim may applyto the issuer. Correspondingly, the issuer may also revoke a claimissued by itself. Particularly, the DID wallet searches for a targetissuer that issues the claim, based on service information of issuers ina claim issuer registry, and sends a claim application request to thetarget issuer, and obtains the target claim issued by the target issuerrespond to the claim application request. When applying for the claim,the DID wallet may actively provide the target issuer with the targetsite address, which is for storing the target claim, in the identityhub, or the target issuer determines the target site address.Furthermore, after generating the target claim, the target issuerencrypts the target claim based on the proxy re-encryption mechanism,and stores the re-encrypted target claim in the target site address, andfeeds the target site address back to the DID wallet. Correspondingly,the DID wallet accesses the target site in the identity hub based on thetarget site address, to obtain the re-encrypted target claim; and usesthe target user private key to decrypt the re-encrypted target claim toobtain the target claim.

In the digital identity verification system of the present embodiment,each of the participants needs to verify each other's DID, i.e., digitalidentity, before interaction. Therefore, before accessing the targetsite in the identity hub based on the target site address, the DIDwallet may send the target user DID to the identity hub. The identityhub acquires the DID document associated with the target user DID fromthe blockchain network, and uses the target user public key in the DIDdocument to verify the user signature of the target user to verifywhether the target user is the holder of the target user DID.

S230, logging in to the target verifier using the target user DID, inresponse to the target user DID and the target claim passing theverification.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the DID wallet or the targetverifier may detect whether the target user DID and the target claimpass the verification based on a polling method. If the DID walletdetects that the target user DID and the target claim passes theverification, the target user DID is used to log in to the targetverifier. If the target verifier detects that the target user DID andthe target claim pass the verification, it is confirmed that the targetuser successfully logs in using the target user DID.

In the technical solution of the present embodiment, the user mayoperate the DID wallet, to acquire the target login information of thetarget verifier, so that the user may use the target user DID account tosend the login request to the target verifier through the DID wallet, toauthorize the target verifier to acquire the target claim of the targetuser from the identity hub of the target user; thus, based on theverification on the target user DID and the target claim by the targetverifier, the target user DID is used to log in to the target verifier.Embodiments of the present disclosure, by adding and definingarchitectures such as the DID wallet and the identity hub to a DIDstandard formulated by W3C, the working process and access method of theentire digital identity verification system is clarified based on theinteraction between the DID wallet, the identity hub and other existingstructures, and a complete digital identity verification system isrealized, providing users or enterprises with the DID wallet that usesand manages DID accounts, and ensuring an absolute ownership and controlof digital identities.

Second Embodiment

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. On the basisof the above first embodiment, the present embodiment further describesthe process of the DID wallet authorizing the target verifier to acquirethe designated claim. With the assistance of the blockchain network, theproxy re-encryption technology, and the identity hub, the targetverifier is authorized. As shown in FIG. 5, the method specificallyincludes the following:

S510, acquiring target login information of a target verifier, inresponse to a login operation of a target user on the target verifier.

S520, sending, based on the target login information, a login requestincluding a target user DID to the target verifier.

S530, acquiring, based on a target verifier DID, a DID documentassociated with the target user DID from a blockchain network.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the DID and DID documentassociated with the DID are stored in the blockchain network in the formof a key-value pair. After acquiring the target login information, theDID wallet may obtain the DID document associated with the targetverifier DID from the blockchain network based on the target verifierDID, to acquire the target verifier public key from the DID document forencryption and use during data sharing.

S540, encrypting the target claim based on a proxy re-encryptionmechanism.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the proxy re-encryption is akey conversion mechanism between ciphertexts. In proxy re-encryption, asemi-trusted proxy uses a conversion key generated by a proxy authorizerto convert the ciphertext encrypted with a public key of the authorizerinto a ciphertext encrypted with a public key of an authorized person,realizing data sharing. In this process, the proxy cannot obtainplaintext information of the data, thereby reducing the risk of dataleakage and improving the security of data sharing.

In the present embodiment, based on the proxy re-encryption mechanism,the DID wallet acquires the target verifier public key from the DIDdocument associated with the target verifier DID based on the targetuser public key, and first encrypts the to-be-shared target claim.

Alternatively, the target claim is encrypted using an AES key to obtainan encrypted target claim; the AES key is encrypted using a target userpublic key to obtain a symmetric key ciphertext; a re-encryption key isobtained by calculating based on a target user private key and a targetverifier public key acquired from the DID document associated with thetarget verifier DID; and the encrypted target claim, the symmetric keyciphertext, and the re-encryption key are stored to the target siteaddress of the identity hub, to control the identity hub to use there-encryption key to re-encrypt the symmetric key ciphertext, togenerate a re-encrypted ciphertext and store the same.

In the present embodiment, the DID wallet sends the encrypted targetclaim and re-encrypted information generated by the encryption to theidentity hub. The identity hub re-encrypts the encrypted target claimbased on the re-encryption information, and saves the proxyre-encryption information in the target site address, for the targetverifier to pull the re-encrypted claim from the identity hub, andobtain the target claim through decryption.

S550, sending a target site address storing the target claim in theidentity hub to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifierto: access a target site of the identity hub based on the target siteaddress, to obtain the target claim, and verify the target user DID andthe target claim.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the target site address isused to authorize the target verifier to acquire the target claim. Thesending of the target site address triggers the access to the targetsite of the identity hub based on the target site address, to obtain theproxy re-encrypted target claim. The encrypted target claim and there-encrypted ciphertext are acquired based on the target site address,the re-encrypted ciphertext is decrypted based on the target verifierprivate key to obtain the symmetric encryption key, and the encryptedtarget claim is decrypted based on the symmetric encryption key toobtain the target claim.

In the present embodiment, after acquiring the target login information,the DID wallet may first acquire the target verifier public key andencrypts the target claim, and then synchronously sends the target siteaddress to the target verifier for authorization when sending the loginrequest to the target verifier. Or, after acquiring the target logininformation and sending the login request to the target verifier, theDID wallet may receive the claim acquisition request from the targetverifier, and then DID wallet acquires the target verifier public keyand encrypt the target claim, and return the target site address to thetarget verifier for authorization.

Exemplary, FIG. 6 is an example diagram of a verifier acquiring a claim.As shown in FIG. 6, after the DID wallet sends the login request to thetarget verifier, the target verifier sends the claim acquisition requestto the DID wallet. Then, the DID wallet pulls the DID document of thetarget verifier based on the blockchain network, and obtains the targetverifier public key therefrom. Therefore, the DID wallet encrypts thetarget claim based on the proxy re-encryption mechanism, and stores there-encrypted target claim into the target site address of the identityhub. The target site address is returned to the target verifier toinstruct the target verifier to acquire and decrypt to obtain the targetclaim from the identity hub.

S560, logging into the target verifier using the target user DID, inresponse to the target user DID and the target claim pass theverification.

Exemplary, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of logging in to a verifier using DIDand claim. As shown in FIG. 7, the DID wallet obtains the logininformation by scanning QR code of the target verifier, and sends alogin request including the target user DID to the target verifier.After receiving the login request and verifying the target user DID, thetarget verifier sends the claim acquisition request to the DID wallet.Then, based on the proxy re-encryption mechanism, the DID wallet:acquires target verifier public key appPubKey through the DID document(appDID document) associated with the target verifier DID pulled fromthe blockchain network; calculates to obtain re-encryption key K basedon the target user private key and the target verifier public key; usesthe AES key to encrypt the claim to obtain the encrypted target claim;encrypts the AES key using the target user public key to obtain thesymmetric key ciphertext; and sends the symmetric key ciphertext to theidentity hub, so that the identity hub uses the re-encryption key K toencrypt the symmetric key ciphertext to obtain re-encrypted ciphertext Aand feeds back stored site address Endpoint to the DID wallet. At thesame time, the target verifier may first randomly generate a Nonce andsave the same, encrypt the Nonce using the target user public key toobtain a ciphertext, and feed the ciphertext back to the DID wallet.Correspondingly, the DID wallet uses target user private key PrivKey todecrypt the ciphertext to obtain a plainText. The DID wallet sends theplaintext and the site address to the target verifier, to control thetarget verifier to: acquire the encrypted target claim and there-encrypted ciphertext A based on the site address, and decrypt there-encrypted ciphertext A based on target verifier private keyappPrivKey to obtain the symmetric encryption key, and decrypt theencrypted target claim based on the symmetric encryption key to obtainthe target claim. Further, the target verifier performs a series ofverifications based on information such as the target user DID, thetarget claim, and the plaintext. If the verification is passed, thetarget verifier polls to know that the challenge is successful, and itis determined that the target user successfully logs in.

In the technical solution of the present embodiment, the user mayoperate the DID wallet to acquire the target login information of thetarget verifier, then send the login request to the target verifier,perform proxy re-encryption on the claim, and send a target site addressto the target verifier to authorize the target verifier to acquire theproxy re-encrypted claim from the identity hub of the target user,thereby the target verifier is logged in by using the target user DIDbased on that the target verifier verifies the target user DID and thetarget claim. Embodiments of the present disclosure, by adding anddefining architectures such as the DID wallet and the identity hub to aDID standard formulated by W3C, the working process and access method ofthe entire digital identity verification system is clarified based onthe interaction between the DID wallet, the identity hub and otherexisting structures, and a complete digital identity verification systemis realized, providing users or enterprises with the DID wallet thatuses and manages DID accounts, and ensuring an absolute ownership andcontrol of digital identities.

Third Embodiment

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of applying for a claim according to a thirdembodiment of the present disclosure. On the basis of the above firstembodiment, the present embodiment further describes the process of theDID wallet applying for a claim to the issuer, and the claim can beobtained through issuance by the issuer. As shown in FIG. 8, the methodspecifically includes the following:

S810, searching for a target issuer that issues a claim, based onservice information of issuers in a claim issuer registry.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, issuers may register withthe claim issuer registry in advance to configure the serviceinformation in the claim issuer registry for release. The serviceinformation may include service site information, applicable claim type,and material required from an applicant, etc. Correspondingly, before aDID wallet applies for a claim, the DID wallet may query in the claimissuer registry to find the target issuer capable of issuing therequired claim.

S820, sending a claim application request to the target issuer, tocontrol the target issuer to generate the target claim of the targetuser.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the claim applicationrequest may include a target user signature and a target user DID. Afterthe target issuer receives the claim application request sent by the DIDwallet, the target issuer may acquire the DID document associated withthe target user DID from the blockchain based on the target user DID,and acquire the target user public key therefrom, and use the targetuser public key to verify the target user signature, to verify that thetarget user is indeed the holder of the target user DID; after theverification is passed, the target issuer generates the target claim forthe target user.

Exemplary, FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of applying for a claim. Asshown in FIG. 9, the issuer registers itself and an associated servicesite with the claim issuer registry, and declares information that aclaim applicant needs to provide. The DID wallet searches in the claimissuer registry for a target issuer capable of providing the claim, andsends the claim application request to the service site of the targetissuer to obtain an acceptance ID, which is used to globally identifythis application behavior of the target user.

S830, acquiring the target claim issued by the target issuer respondingto the claim application request.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, FIG. 10 is a schematicdiagram of issuing a claim. As shown in FIG. 10, after accepting theclaim application, the target issuer first verifies the claimapplication request and information contained therein. Particularly, inaddition to verifying the signature of the target user, the targetissuer may also verify the information contained in the request with thehelp of an external platform to verify whether the information isrequired by the present issuer and the correctness of the information.The external platform may be a bank or a public security bureau.

If the verification is passed, the target issuer stores the generatedtarget claim to the target site address in the identity hub of thetarget user, and feeds back the target site address to the DID wallet toauthorize the target user to access. The target site address may beprovided by the target user, or may be designated later by the issuer,so that the target user may directly access the target claim.

Alternatively, receiving a target site address fed back by the targetissuer responding to the claim application request; where, the targetsite address is located in the identity hub of the target user, forstoring a target claim proxy re-encrypted by the target issuer;accessing, based on the target site address, a target site in theidentity hub to obtain the proxy re-encrypted target claim; anddecrypting the proxy re-encrypted target claim using a target userprivate key to obtain the target claim. For example, the DID wallet mayquery an result of the issuing with the target issuer based on theacceptance ID to obtain the target site address.

Alternatively, before the accessing, based on the target site address,the target site in the identity hub, the target user DID is sent to theidentity hub for the identity hub to: acquire a DID document associatedwith the target user DID from a blockchain network and verify a usersignature of the target user using a target user public key in the DIDdocument to verify whether the target user is the holder of the targetuser DID. Finally, the DID wallet sends the target user DID to theidentity hub for the identity hub to verify the target user DID. If theverification is passed, the DID wallet accesses the target site in theidentity hub based on the target site address, to obtain the targetclaim issued by the target issuer.

Before the target issuer stores the generated target claim into theidentity hub, the target issuer may also perform proxy re-encryption onthe target claim based on the proxy re-encryption mechanism.Correspondingly, after obtaining the proxy re-encrypted target claim,the DID wallet decrypts the proxy re-encrypted target claim to obtainthe target claim, ensuring the security of data sharing.

In addition, the issuer may revoke a claim issued by itself, and storeclaim revocation information in a revocation list, which is a publicaddress that everyone may access, and the revocation list is saved in apersonal revocation service site of the issuer. Particularly, FIG. 11 isa schematic diagram of revoking a claim. As shown in FIG. 11, the issuermay write a revocation list address into the corresponding claim.Accordingly, the DID wallet may acquire the revocation list address fromthe target claim; access the revocation list address and obtain therevocation list, from the personal revocation service site of the issuerthat issues the target claim; and query a revocation status of thetarget claim based on the revocation list.

In the technical solution of the present embodiment, based ontransaction requirements, the user may apply, through the DID wallet, tothe corresponding issuer to obtain the claim, and obtain the claimthrough issuance by the issuer, so that the user may log in to theverifier through the claim.

Fourth Embodiment

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to the scenario where the interaction with a verifier isthrough a DID wallet, based on the verification on DID and claim, theuser logs in to the verifier using the DID. The method may be executedby the verifier and may be performed by an apparatus for verifyingdigital identity. The apparatus is implemented in software and/orhardware, and is preferably configured in an electronic device, such asa backend server of the verifier. As shown in FIG. 12, the methodspecifically includes the following:

S1210, in response to a login request including a target userdecentralized identity, DID, of a target user sent by a target DIDwallet, acquiring a target claim of the target user from an identity hubof the target user.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the login request is used totrigger the verifier to perform digital identity verification on thetarget user who is to log in. The login request may include informationsuch as the target user DID, loginID, and/or user signature. Theverifier may link a series of login behaviors of the target user basedon the loginID, and may also acquire a DID document associated with thetarget user DID from a blockchain network based on the target user DID,to acquire a target user public key from the DID document and verify theuser signature using the target user public key, to verify that thetarget user is the true holder of the target user DID, preventingdigital identities from being leaked or forged.

In the present embodiment, since the target claim of the target user isstored in its own identity hub, the verifier may be authorized by thetarget decentralized identity DID wallet (target DID wallet) to obtainthe target claim of the target user from the identity hub of the targetuser.

Particularly, acquiring a target site address storing the target claim,based on an authorization result of the target DID wallet for theverifier; and accessing a target site of the identity hub based on thetarget site address to obtain the target claim. A encrypted target claimand a re-encrypted ciphertext are encrypted and generated based on aproxy re-encryption mechanism. Therefore, the verifier may: access thetarget site of the identity hub based on the target site address toobtain the encrypted target claim and the re-encrypted ciphertext;decrypt the re-encrypted ciphertext using a verifier private key toobtain a symmetric encryption key; and decrypt the encrypted targetclaim using the symmetric encryption key to obtain the target claim.

S1220, verifying the target user DID and the target claim.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the verification on thetarget user DID is used to verify whether the current user is the trueholder of the target user DID, to avoid theft or forgery of digitalidentities. The verification on the target claim is used to verifywhether the current user has an authority, or whether it is authorizedby a valid issuer verification, to log in to the verifier.

Particularly, whether the target user is the holder of the target userDID is verified according to the user signature of the target user. Thatis, acquiring a DID document associated with the target user DID from ablockchain network, based on the target user DID; and verifying the usersignature of the target user, based on a target user public key in theDID document associated with the target user DID, to verify whether thetarget user is the holder of the target user DID. If the target user DIDpasses the verification, the target claim is verified based on at leastone of: an issuing issuer, a claim type, a validity period, or arevocation status of the target claim.

S1230, determining that the target user successfully logs in using thetarget user DID, in response to the target user DID and the target claimpassing the verification.

In the technical solution of the present embodiment, after receiving thelogin request sent by the target DID wallet, the verifier may acquire,based on the authorization of the target DID wallet, the target claim ofthe target user from the identity hub of the target user, and verify thetarget user DID and the target claim. After confirming that theverification is passed, it may be determined that the target usersuccessfully logs in using the target user DID. Embodiments of thepresent disclosure, by adding and defining architectures such as the DIDwallet and the identity hub to a DID standard formulated by W3C, theworking process and access method of the entire digital identityverification system is clarified based on the interaction between theDID wallet, the identity hub and other existing structures, and acomplete digital identity verification system is realized, providingusers or enterprises with the DID wallet that uses and manages DIDaccounts, and ensuring an absolute ownership and control of digitalidentities.

Fifth Embodiment

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a method for verifying digital identityaccording to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure. On the basisof the above first embodiment, the present embodiment further describesthe process of acquiring and verifying a claim, and can acquire thetarget claim based on the target site address provided by the target DIDwallet and verify the acquired target claim. As shown in FIG. 13, themethod specifically includes the following:

S1310, acquiring a target site address storing the target claim based onan authorization result of the target DID wallet for the verifier, inresponse to a login request including a target user DID sent by a targetDID wallet.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving a loginrequest sent by the target DID wallet, the verifier may send a claimacquisition request to the target DID wallet to request the target DIDwallet to authorize the acquiring of the target claim. If the target DIDwallet feeds back the target site address, it may be regarded as beingauthorized by the target DID wallet. The target site address is locatedin an identity hub for storing the DID, claim and related information ofthe target user.

S1320, accessing a target site of the identity hub based on the targetsite address to obtain the target claim.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the verifier may access thetarget site of the identity hub based on the target site address toacquire the designated target claim from the target site. In view of thesafety of data sharing, the target claim in the target site may beencrypted and obtained by the target DID wallet based on there-encryption mechanism. Correspondingly, after acquired by theverifier, decryption is required to obtain the real target claim.

Alternatively, accessing the target site of the identity hub based onthe target site address, to obtain a encrypted target claim and are-encrypted ciphertext; where the encrypted target claim and there-encrypted ciphertext are encrypted and generated based on a proxyre-encryption mechanism; decrypting the re-encrypted ciphertext using averifier private key to obtain a symmetric encryption key; anddecrypting the encrypted target claim using the symmetric encryption keyto obtain the target claim.

S1330, verifying whether the target user is a holder of the target userDID, according to a user signature of the target user.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the login request may alsoinclude the user signature of the target user, so that the verifierverifies the target user DID.

Alternatively, obtaining a DID document associated with the target userDID from a blockchain network, based on the target user DID; andverifying the user signature of the target user, based on a target userpublic key in the DID document associated with the target user DID, toverify whether the target user is the holder of the target user DID.

S1340, in response to the target user being the holder of the targetuser DID, verifying the target claim based on at least one of: anissuing issuer, a claim type, a validity period, or a revocation statusof the target claim.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the relevant information,claim type, validity period and other information of the issuer whichissues the target claim may be stored in the DID document.Correspondingly, the verifier may: acquire the issuer issuing the targetclaim to verify whether the issuer is a trusted issuer; verify whetherthe target claim is the claim required for logging in to the presentverifier based on the claim type; verify whether the target claim iscurrently within a limited use period based on the validity period; mayalso acquire a revocation list address from the target claim, and accessthe revocation list address of a personal revocation service site of theissuer issuing the target claim to obtain a revocation list to query therevocation status of the target claim. It may be understood that onlywhen all of the relevant information of the target claim passes theverification can it be determined that the target claim is verified.

Exemplary, FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of verifying a claim. As shownin FIG. 14, the issuer controls the issuance and revocation of theclaim, and writes the revocation list address in the claim. Afterapplying for and obtaining the claim, the DID wallet authorizes theverifier in the process of requesting to log in to the verifier, so thatthe verifier obtains the claim. Furthermore, the verifier obtains theDID document associated with the target user DID from the blockchainnetwork based on the target user DID, and verifies the claim based oninformation in the DID document. At the same time, the verifier may alsoquery the revocation status of the claim from the personal revocationservice site of the issuer.

S1350, in response to the target user DID and the target claim pass theverification, determining that the target user successfully logs inusing the target user DID.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, if the authenticityverification on the target user DID is passed, the issuer issuing thetarget claim is a trusted organization, the target claim is the claimtype required for login, and the target claim is within the validityperiod and has not been revoked, then it is determined that the targetuser DID and the target claim pass the verification, and it is furtherdetermined that the target user successfully logs in using the targetuser DID.

The verification on the claim is not limited to the above example, andany verification method may be applied in the present embodiment.

In the technical solution of the present embodiment, after receiving thelogin request sent by the target DID wallet, the verifier may: acquirethe target site address based on the authorization of the target DIDwallet, acquire the target claim of the target user from the target siteof the identity hub of the target user, verify the target user DID, andverify the target claim based on at least one of the issuer issuing thetarget claim, the claim type, the validity period, and the revocationstatus of the target claim. When the verification is passed, it may bedetermined that the target user successfully logs in using the targetuser DID. Embodiments of the present disclosure, by adding and definingarchitectures such as the DID wallet and the identity hub to a DIDstandard formulated by W3C, the working process and access method of theentire digital identity verification system is clarified based on theinteraction between the DID wallet, the identity hub and other existingstructures, and a complete digital identity verification system isrealized, providing users or enterprises with the DID wallet that usesand manages DID accounts, and ensuring an absolute ownership and controlof digital identities.

Sixth Embodiment

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for verifyingdigital identity according to a sixth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The present embodiment is applicable to the scenario wherethe interaction with a verifier is through a DID wallet, based on theverification on DID and claim, the user logs in to the verifier usingthe DID. The apparatus may be configured in the DID wallet, and mayimplement the method for verifying digital identity described in anyembodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1500 specificallyincludes the following:

a login information acquisition module 1510, configured to acquiretarget login information of a target verifier, in response to a loginoperation of a target user on the target verifier;

a claim authorization module 1520, configured to send, based on thetarget login information, a login request including a target user DID ofa target user to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifierto acquire a target claim of the target user from an identity hub of thetarget user and verify the target user DID and the target claim; and

a verifier login module 1530, configured to login to the target verifierusing the target user DID, in response to the target user DID and thetarget claim passing the verification.

Alternatively, the login information acquisition module 1510 isspecifically configured to: acquire the target login informationincluding at least a target verifier DID in response to the loginoperation of the target user on the target verifier, for acquiring, froma blockchain network, a DID document associated with the target verifierDID based on the target verifier DID.

Alternatively, the claim authorization module 1520 is specificallyconfigured to: send a target site address storing the target claim inthe identity hub to the target verifier, to authorize the targetverifier to access a target site of the identity hub based on the targetsite address to acquire the target claim.

Further, the apparatus 1500 further includes an encryption module 1540,particularly configured to: before sending the target site addressstoring the target claim in the identity hub to the target verifier,encrypting the target claim based on a proxy re-encryption mechanism.

Alternatively, the encryption module 1540 is specifically configured to:encrypt the target claim using an advanced encryption standard, AES,key, to obtain an encrypted target claim; encrypt the AES key using atarget user public key, to obtain a symmetric key ciphertext; calculateto obtain a re-encryption key, based on a target user private key, and atarget verifier public key acquired from the DID document associatedwith the target verifier DID; and store the encrypted target claim, thesymmetric key ciphertext, and the re-encryption key into the target siteaddress of the identity hub, to control the identity hub to re-encryptthe symmetric key ciphertext using the re-encryption key to generate andstore a re-encrypted ciphertext.

Alternatively, the target site address is used by the target verifierto: acquire the encrypted target claim and the re-encrypted ciphertextbased on the target site address, and decrypt the re-encryptedciphertext based on a target verifier private key to obtain a symmetricencryption key, and decrypt the encrypted target claim based on thesymmetric encryption key to obtain the target claim.

Further, the apparatus 1500 further includes a claim application module1550, configured to: before the acquiring the target login informationof the target verifier, in response to the login operation of the targetuser on the target verifier, search for a target issuer that issues aclaim, based on service information of issuers in a claim issuerregistry; send a claim application request to the target issuer, tocontrol the target issuer to generate the target claim of the targetuser; and obtain the target claim issued by the target issuer respondingto the claim application request.

Alternatively, the claim application module 1550 is configured to:receive a target site address fed back by the target issuer respondingto the claim application request, where, the target site address islocated in the identity hub of the target user for storing a targetclaim proxy re-encrypted by the target issuer; access, based on thetarget site address, a target site in the identity hub to obtain theproxy re-encrypted target claim; and decrypt the proxy re-encryptedtarget claim using a target user private key to obtain the target claim.

Alternatively, the claim application module 1550 is specificallyconfigured to: before the accessing, based on the target site address,the target site in the identity hub to obtain the proxy re-encryptedtarget claim, send the target user DID to the identity hub, for theidentity hub to: acquire a DID document associated with the target userDID from a blockchain network, and verify a user signature of the targetuser using a target user public key in the DID document, to verifywhether the target user is a holder of the target user DID.

Further, the apparatus 1500 further includes a revocation query module1560, configured to: acquire a revocation list address from the targetclaim; access the revocation list address and obtain a revocation list,from a personal revocation service site of the issuer that issues thetarget claim; and query a revocation status of the target claim based onthe revocation list.

Further, the apparatus 1500 further includes a DID creation module 1570,configured to: before the acquiring the target login information of thetarget verifier, in response to the login operation of the target useron the target verifier, create the target user DID and at least onepublic and private key pair for the target user, in response to a DIDcreation request of the target user.

The technical solution of the present embodiment realizes functions suchas DID creation, claim application, login information acquisition, claimencryption and decryption, verifier authorization, verifier login andrevocation status query, through the cooperation between variousfunctional modules. Embodiments of the present disclosure, by adding anddefining architectures such as the DID wallet and the identity hub to aDID standard formulated by W3C, the working process and access method ofthe entire digital identity verification system is clarified based onthe interaction between the DID wallet, the identity hub and otherexisting structures, and a complete digital identity verification systemis realized, providing users or enterprises with the DID wallet thatuses and manages DID accounts, and ensuring an absolute ownership andcontrol of digital identities.

Seventh Embodiment

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for verifyingdigital identity according to a seventh embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The present embodiment is applicable to the scenario wherethe interaction with a verifier is through a DID wallet, based on theverification on DID and claim, the user logs in to the verifier usingthe DID.

The apparatus may be configured in the verifier, and may implement themethod for verifying digital identity described in any embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The apparatus 1600 specifically includes thefollowing:

a claim acquisition module 1610, configured to acquire a target claim ofthe target user from an identity hub of the target user, in response toa login request including a target user decentralized identity, DID, ofa target user sent by a target DID wallet;

a claim verification module 1620, configured to the target user DID andthe target claim; and

a user login module 1630, configured to determine that the target usersuccessfully logs in using the target user DID, in response to thetarget user DID and the target claim passing the verification.

Alternatively, the claim acquisition module 1610 is specificallyconfigured to: acquire a target site address storing the target claim,based on an authorization result of the target DID wallet for theverifier; and access a target site of the identity hub based on thetarget site address to obtain the target claim.

Alternatively, the claim acquisition module 1610 is specificallyconfigured to: access the target site of the identity hub based on thetarget site address, to obtain an encrypted target claim and are-encrypted ciphertext, where the encrypted target claim and there-encrypted ciphertext are encrypted and generated based on a proxyre-encryption mechanism; decrypt the re-encrypted ciphertext using averifier private key, to obtain a symmetric encryption key; and decryptthe encrypted target claim using the symmetric encryption key, to obtainthe target claim.

Alternatively, the claim verification module 1620 is specificallyconfigured to: verify whether the target user is a holder of the targetuser DID, according to a user signature of the target user; in responseto verifying that the target user is the holder of the target user DID,verify the target claim based on at least one of: an issuer issuing thetarget claim, a claim type, a validity period, or a revocation status ofthe target claim.

Alternatively, the claim verification module 1620 is specificallyconfigured to: acquire a DID document associated with the target userDID from a blockchain network, based on the target user DID; and verifythe user signature of the target user, based on a target user public keyin the DID document associated with the target user DID, to verifywhether the target user is the holder of the target user DID.

The technical solution of the present embodiment realizes functions suchas claim acquisition, claim decryption, DID verification, claimverification, and user login, through the cooperation between variousfunctional modules. Embodiments of the present disclosure, by adding anddefining architectures such as the DID wallet and the identity hub to aDID standard formulated by W3C, the working process and access method ofthe entire digital identity verification system is clarified based onthe interaction between the DID wallet, the identity hub and otherexisting structures, and a complete digital identity verification systemis realized, providing users or enterprises with the DID wallet thatuses and manages DID accounts, and ensuring an absolute ownership andcontrol of digital identities.

Eighth Embodiment

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the presentdisclosure also provides an electronic device and a readable storagemedium.

As shown in FIG. 17, which is a block diagram of an electronic device ofa method for verifying digital identity according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The electronic device is intended to representvarious forms of digital computers, such as laptop computers, desktopcomputers, workbenches, personal digital assistants, servers, bladeservers, mainframe computers, and other suitable computers. Theelectronic device may also represent various forms of mobileapparatuses, such as personal digital processing, cellular phones, smartphones, wearable devices, and other similar computing apparatuses. Thecomponents shown herein, their connections and relationships, and theirfunctions are merely examples, and are not intended to limit theimplementation of the present disclosure described and/or claimedherein.

As shown in FIG. 17, the electronic device includes: one or moreprocessors 1701, a memory 1702, and interfaces for connecting variouscomponents, including high-speed interfaces and low-speed interfaces.The various components are connected to each other using differentbuses, and may be installed on a common motherboard or in other methodsas needed. The processor may process instructions executed within theelectronic device, including instructions stored in or on the memory todisplay graphic information of GUI on an external input/output apparatus(such as a display device coupled to the interface). In otherembodiments, a plurality of processors and/or a plurality of buses maybe used together with a plurality of memories if desired. Similarly, aplurality of electronic devices may be connected, and the devicesprovide some necessary operations (for example, as a server array, a setof blade servers, or a multi-processor system). In FIG. 17, oneprocessor 1701 is used as an example.

The memory 1702 is a non-transitory computer readable storage mediumprovided by some embodiments of the present disclosure. The memorystores instructions executable by at least one processor, so that the atleast one processor performs the method for verifying digital identityprovided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The non-transitorycomputer readable storage medium of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure stores computer instructions for causing a computer toperform the method for verifying digital identity provided byembodiments of the present disclosure.

The memory 1702, as a non-transitory computer readable storage medium,may be used to store non-transitory software programs, non-transitorycomputer executable programs and modules, such as programinstructions/modules corresponding to the method for processing parkingin embodiments of the present disclosure (for example, the logininformation acquisition module 1510, the claim authorization module1520, and the verifier login module 1530, the encryption module 1540,the claim application module 1550, the revocation query module 1560, andthe DID creation module 1570 shown in FIG. 15, and the claim acquisitionmodule 1610, the claim verification module 1620, the user login module1630 shown in FIG. 16). The processor 1701 executes the non-transitorysoftware programs, instructions, and modules stored in the memory 1702to execute various functional applications and data processing of theserver, that is, to implement the method for verifying digital identityin the foregoing method embodiment.

The memory 1702 may include a storage program area and a storage dataarea, where the storage program area may store an operating system andat least one function required application program; and the storage dataarea may store data created by the use of the electronic deviceaccording to the method for verifying digital identity, etc. Inaddition, the memory 1702 may include a high-speed random access memory,and may also include a non-transitory memory, such as at least onemagnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or othernon-transitory solid-state storage devices. In some embodiments, thememory 1702 may optionally include memories remotely provided withrespect to the processor 1701, and these remote memories may beconnected to the electronic device of the method for processing parkingthrough a network. Examples of the above network include but are notlimited to the Internet, intranet, local area network, mobilecommunication network, and combinations thereof.

The electronic device of the method for verifying digital identity mayfurther include: an input apparatus 1703 and an output apparatus 1704.The processor 1701, the memory 1702, the input apparatus 1703, and theoutput apparatus 1704 may be connected through a bus or in othermethods. In FIG. 17, connection through a bus is used as an example.

The input apparatus 1703 may receive input digital or characterinformation, and generate key signal inputs related to user settings andfunction control of the electronic device of the method for verifyingdigital identity, such as touch screen, keypad, mouse, trackpad,touchpad, pointing stick, one or more mouse buttons, trackball, joystickand other input apparatuses. The output apparatus 1704 may include adisplay device, an auxiliary lighting apparatus (for example, LED), atactile feedback apparatus (for example, a vibration motor), and thelike. The display device may include, but is not limited to, a liquidcrystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, and aplasma display. In some embodiments, the display device may be a touchscreen.

Various embodiments of the systems and technologies described herein maybe implemented in digital electronic circuit systems, integrated circuitsystems, dedicated ASICs (application specific integrated circuits),computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof.These various embodiments may include: being implemented in one or morecomputer programs that can be executed and/or interpreted on aprogrammable system that includes at least one programmable processor.The programmable processor may be a dedicated or general-purposeprogrammable processor, and may receive data and instructions from astorage system, at least one input apparatus, and at least one outputapparatus, and transmit the data and instructions to the storage system,the at least one input apparatus, and the at least one output apparatus.

These computing programs (also referred to as programs, software,software applications, or codes) include machine instructions of theprogrammable processor and may use high-level processes and/orobject-oriented programming languages, and/or assembly/machine languagesto implement these computing programs. As used herein, the terms“machine readable medium” and “computer readable medium” refer to anycomputer program product, device, and/or apparatus (for example,magnetic disk, optical disk, memory, programmable logic apparatus (PLD))used to provide machine instructions and/or data to the programmableprocessor, including machine readable medium that receives machineinstructions as machine readable signals. The term “machine readablesignal” refers to any signal used to provide machine instructions and/ordata to the programmable processor.

In order to provide interaction with a user, the systems andtechnologies described herein may be implemented on a computer, thecomputer has: a display apparatus for displaying information to the user(for example, CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display)monitor); and a keyboard and a pointing apparatus (for example, mouse ortrackball), and the user may use the keyboard and the pointing apparatusto provide input to the computer. Other types of apparatuses may also beused to provide interaction with the user; for example, feedbackprovided to the user may be any form of sensory feedback (for example,visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and any form(including acoustic input, voice input, or tactile input) may be used toreceive input from the user.

The systems and technologies described herein may be implemented in acomputing system that includes backend components (e.g., as a dataserver), or a computing system that includes middleware components(e.g., application server), or a computing system that includes frontendcomponents (for example, a user computer having a graphical userinterface or a web browser, through which the user may interact with theimplementations of the systems and the technologies described herein),or a computing system that includes any combination of such backendcomponents, middleware components, or frontend components. Thecomponents of the system may be interconnected by any form or medium ofdigital data communication (e.g., communication network). Examples ofthe communication network include: local area networks (LAN), wide areanetworks (WAN), the Internet, and blockchain networks.

The computer system may include a client and a server. The client andthe server are generally far from each other and usually interactthrough the communication network. The relationship between the clientand the server is generated by computer programs that run on thecorresponding computer and have a client-server relationship with eachother.

According to the technical solution of embodiments of the presentdisclosure, by adding and defining architectures such as the DID walletand the identity hub to a DID standard formulated by W3C, the workingprocess and access method of the entire digital identity verificationsystem is clarified based on the interaction between the DID wallet, theidentity hub and other existing structures, and a complete digitalidentity verification system is realized, providing the users orenterprises with the DID wallet that uses and manages DID accounts, andensuring an absolute ownership and control of digital identities.

In addition, the blockchain network may store DID and relatedinformation to provide information services for various participants.Correspondingly, the DID wallet may acquire the DID document associatedwith the target verifier DID through the blockchain network for dataencryption and sharing.

In addition, the target site address is used to instruct the targetverifier to acquire the designated claim from the identity hub, and thensend the target site address to achieve the purpose of authorizing thetarget verifier, realizing the sharing of the claim.

In addition, the proxy re-encryption mechanism is used to realize thesharing of the claim, avoiding the leakage of the claim and ensuringdata security.

In addition, the purpose of the proxy re-encryption mechanism lies inthat the data encrypted based on the target user public key may bedecrypted by a sharing party, i.e., the target verifier, using thetarget verifier private key to acquire the data, ensuring the safesharing of the data.

In addition, the target site address is used to instruct the targetverifier to acquire the designated claim.

Correspondingly, under the protection of the proxy re-encryptionmechanism, the target verifier is required to decrypt the acquired claimto ensure the safe sharing of the data.

In addition, based on business requirements, the user may apply to thecorresponding issuer to obtain the claim through the DID wallet, so thatthe user may log in to the verifier through the claim.

In addition, since the issuance of a claim is also a data sharingprocess, the issuer may also use the proxy re-encryption technology whenissuing a claim, to share the issued claim with the DID wallet.

In addition, during the interaction between participants, anyparticipant may perform verification on DID digital identity on theother party based on the digital identity and related information storedin the blockchain network, based on the known DID of the other party, todetermine that the other party is the true owner of the known DID,avoiding theft or forgery of digital identities by the party involved inthe interaction, and ensuring the safety of the interaction.

In addition, the issuer may also revoke an issued claim.Correspondingly, other participants may query the revocation status of aclaim using the revocation list address recorded in the claim to avoidusing invalid claims.

In addition, the DID wallet provides the user with the DID creationservice to provide the user with a globally unique digital identity.

It should be understood that the various forms of processes shown abovemay be used to reorder, add, or delete steps. For example, the stepsdescribed in embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed inparallel, sequentially, or in different orders. As long as the desiredresults of the technical solution disclosed in embodiments of thepresent disclosure can be achieved, no limitation is made herein.

The above embodiments do not constitute limitation on the protectionscope of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art shouldunderstand that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinationsand substitutions may be made according to design requirements and otherfactors. Any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement madewithin the spirit and principle of the present disclosure shall beincluded in the protection scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for verifying digital identity, executed by a decentralized identity (DID) wallet, the method comprising: acquiring target login information of a target verifier, in response to a login operation of a target user on the target verifier; sending, based on the target login information, a login request including a target user DID of a target user to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifier to acquire a target claim of the target user from an identity hub of the target user and verify the target user DID and the target claim; and logging in to the target verifier using the target user DID, in response to the target user DID and the target claim passing the verification.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring the target login information of the target verifier, in response to the login operation of the target user on the target verifier, comprises: acquiring the target login information including at least a target verifier DID in response to the login operation of the target user on the target verifier, for acquiring, from a blockchain network, a DID document associated with the target verifier DID based on the target verifier DID.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the authorize the target verifier to acquire the target claim of the target user from the identity hub of the target user, comprises: sending a target site address storing the target claim in the identity hub to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifier to access a target site of the identity hub based on the target site address to acquire the target claim.
 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, before sending the target site address storing the target claim in the identity hub to the target verifier, the method further comprises: encrypting the target claim based on a proxy re-encryption mechanism.
 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the encrypting the target claim based on the proxy re-encryption mechanism, comprises: encrypting the target claim using an advanced encryption standard (AES) key, to obtain an encrypted target claim; encrypting the AES key using a target user public key, to obtain a symmetric key ciphertext; calculating to obtain a re-encryption key, based on a target user private key, and a target verifier public key acquired from the DID document associated with a target verifier DID; and storing the encrypted target claim, the symmetric key ciphertext, and the re-encryption key into the target site address of the identity hub, to control the identity hub to re-encrypt the symmetric key ciphertext using the re-encryption key to generate and store a re-encrypted ciphertext.
 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the target site address is used by the target verifier to: acquire the encrypted target claim and the re-encrypted ciphertext based on the target site address, and decrypt the re-encrypted ciphertext based on a target verifier private key to obtain a symmetric encryption key, and decrypt the encrypted target claim based on the symmetric encryption key to obtain the target claim.
 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, before the acquiring the target login information of the target verifier, in response to the login operation of the target user on the target verifier, the method further comprises: searching for a target issuer that issues a claim, based on service information of issuers in a claim issuer registry; sending a claim application request to the target issuer, to control the target issuer to generate the target claim of the target user; and obtaining the target claim issued by the target issuer responding to the claim application request.
 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining the target claim issued by the target issuer responding to the claim application request, comprises: receiving a target site address fed back by the target issuer responding to the claim application request; wherein, the target site address is located in the identity hub of the target user for storing a target claim proxy re-encrypted by the target issuer; accessing, based on the target site address, a target site in the identity hub to obtain the proxy re-encrypted target claim; and decrypting the proxy re-encrypted target claim using a target user private key to obtain the target claim.
 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein, before the accessing, based on the target site address, the target site in the identity hub to obtain the proxy re-encrypted target claim, the method further comprises: sending the target user DID to the identity hub, for the identity hub to: acquire a DID document associated with the target user DID from a blockchain network, and verify a user signature of the target user using a target user public key in the DID document, to verify whether the target user is a holder of the target user DID.
 10. The method according to claim 7, wherein, after the obtaining the target claim issued by the target issuer responding to the claim application request, the method further comprises: acquiring a revocation list address from the target claim; accessing the revocation list address and obtaining a revocation list, from a personal revocation service site of the issuer that issues the target claim; and querying a revocation status of the target claim based on the revocation list.
 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein, before the acquiring the target login information of the target verifier, in response to the login operation of the target user on the target verifier, the method further comprises: creating the target user DID and at least one public and private key pair for the target user, in response to a DID creation request of the target user.
 12. A method for verifying digital identity, executed by a verifier, the method comprising: in response to a login request including a target user decentralized identity, DID, of a target user sent by a target DID wallet, acquiring a target claim of the target user from an identity hub of the target user; verifying a target user DID and the target claim; and determining that the target user successfully logs in using the target user DID, in response to the target user DID and the target claim passing the verification.
 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the acquiring the target claim of the target user from the identity hub of the target user, comprises: acquiring a target site address storing the target claim, based on an authorization result of the target DID wallet for the verifier; and accessing a target site of the identity hub based on the target site address to obtain the target claim.
 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the accessing the target site of the identity hub based on the target site address to obtain the target claim, comprises: accessing the target site of the identity hub based on the target site address, to obtain an encrypted target claim and a re-encrypted ciphertext; wherein the encrypted target claim and the re-encrypted ciphertext are encrypted and generated based on a proxy re-encryption mechanism; decrypting the re-encrypted ciphertext using a verifier private key, to obtain a symmetric encryption key; and decrypting the encrypted target claim using the symmetric encryption key, to obtain the target claim.
 15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the verifying the target user DID and the target claim, comprises: verifying whether the target user is a holder of the target user DID, according to a user signature of the target user; and in response to verifying that the target user is the holder of the target user DID, verifying the target claim based on at least one of: an issuer issuing the target claim, a claim type, a validity period, or a revocation status of the target claim.
 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the verifying whether the target user is the holder of the target user DID, according to the user signature of the target user, comprises: acquiring a DID document associated with the target user DID from a blockchain network, based on the target user DID; and verifying the user signature of the target user, based on a target user public key in the DID document associated with the target user DID, to verify whether the target user is the holder of the target user DID.
 17. An electronic device, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory, communicatively connected to the at least one processor, the memory, storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: acquiring target login information of a target verifier, in response to a login operation of a target user on the target verifier; sending, based on the target login information, a login request including a target user DID of a target user to the target verifier, to authorize the target verifier to acquire a target claim of the target user from an identity hub of the target user and verify the target user DID and the target claim; and logging in to the target verifier using the target user DID, in response to the target user DID and the target claim passing the verification.
 18. An electronic device, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory, communicatively connected to the at least one processor, the memory, storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the at least one processor to perform the method for verifying digital identity according to claim
 12. 19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing computer instructions, the computer instructions, being used to cause the computer to perform the method for verifying digital identity according to claim
 1. 20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing computer instructions, the computer instructions, being used to cause the computer to perform the method for verifying digital identity according to claim
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